The new system is centered about 170 miles south-southeast of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands - off the coast of Africa.
Ike was approaching behind Hanna with maximum sustained winds near 50 mph (85 kph). Ike was centered about 1,235 miles (1,985 kilometers) east of the Leeward Islands and moving west near 15 mph (24 kph) early Tuesday. The tropical storm was expected to gain strength over the next two days.
And behind Ike, a new tropical depression formed early Tuesday with maximum sustained winds near 35 mph. The depression was forecast to strengthen and the hurricane center said it would likely become a tropical storm later in the day. The depression was centered about 170 miles south-southeast of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa.
NASA was not taking any chances — it announced a delay of at least a day in the planned move of the space shuttle Atlantis from an assembly building at Florida's Kennedy Space Center to the launch pad. The move had been scheduled for Tuesday in preparation for an October mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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